At the beginning when you first become a fan there is the honey moon period where every thing is exciting and you are accepting of all flaws with the hope things can get better.

Then after a few years of being a fan you realize your teams limitations and you come to accept and possibly embrace them because like you your team is not perfect, just perfect for you.

Then there are the times when you don't know why you root for your team and what made you waste 17 consecutive Sundays expecting something great only to be rewarded with a performance that left you so low you told yourself you'd never watch football again.

Giants fans beware because the following list may cause you to relive some major heartbreak, but just remember what doesn't kill us...

1 - 1994 Divisional Playoffs

I was just a young Giants fan then. I started off at a high point in 1990 with them capturing the Super Bowl title. So it wasn't until years later that the 44 -3 loss at the hands of the 49ers really hit me.

Why It Still Hurts: Not only was that the last game for two Giant greats, Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor but it officially marked the end of a Giant era that was perhaps one of the greatest in the teams history.

2 - 1998 Wild Card Round

I was little bit more mature at this point. I understood making the playoffs wasn't so easy and that winning when you got there was extremely important. In typical Giant fashion Big Blue led the hapless Vikings for much of the game only to lose the lead and the game in the final minute.

Why It Still Hurts: The Giants led 19 - 3 and were in total control of the game and I just knew they were going to win. But then it all unraveled. After that season Jason Sehorn essentially ended his career on a kickoff return in the preseason and the Giants hit a downward spiral for the next two seasons.

3 - 2000 Super Bowl

I'm a hardened fan at this point. I know that the Giants must play their best game of the season to beat the Ravens for the title. But I just can't this feeling out of my head that they played their best game two weeks against the Vikings. Still, I thought if they play half as good as they did against the Vikes we got this one in the bag. After watching the Giants get demolished 34 - 7 I wouldn't have imagined in a million years they would have played so poorly, but they did.

Why It Still Hurts: Getting to the title game is never easy but playing your worst game when you get there almost invalidates the whole season. I don't think I got over this loss until David Tyree and Eli Manning played hero in Super Bowl XXLII.

4 - 2003 Wild Card Round

I am a true pessimist now. I know no lead is safe and that if there is a way to screw things up the Giants will. But I still had hope, Kerry Collins was playing the game of his life and we had nothing to lose. Up 38 - 14 I was confident we would be traveling to Tampa the following week. Then it all went dark and all I remember is Jeff Feagles heaving the ball down the field to Rich Seubert who instead of getting the pass interference call got flagged for being an inelgible man downfield.

Why It Still Hurts: Because I knew in my heart they were going to blow the lead and I feel like I jinxed them. If only I just had a little more faith maybe Trey Junkin wouldn't have dribbled out that last snap out to Feagles.

5 - 2009 Divisional Round

My faith has been restored. We are the defending Super Bowl Champions with a home game against a hated division rival. But then doubt started to creep into my mind. Carney was missing field goals, Gilbride had some kind of weird rotation with Ward and Jacobs, and Eli's throws were fluttering in the Meadowland air. And then before I knew it were stripped of our title in a pathetic 23 - 11 defeat at the hands of the Eagles.

Why It Still Hurts: The Giants were the best team in the NFL until the Burress incident. I still believe that the Giants would have won back to back titles if not for that distraction.

So that's my story on Big Blue's tough playoff losses. What are the most disappointing playoff moments in Giants history to you? Share your sorrow here.